So we said goodbye to Frau Kluber and goodbye to the donkeys here.
We gave Frau Kluber a Nebraska wheat woven decoration and she seemed pleased with it.
Oh, as we left, I thought I'd take a picture of Gwendolyn:
Because of the accident on the A5 Autobahn in Germany...which was still a mess...we took a ferry boat across the Rhine River to France and drove north on the French version of the autobahn. It was less traffic & speed limits a bit more controlled so it was nice. Drove north and then back into Germany. There we went to Baumholder and onto a US military base/garrison to do some shopping. We found just what we were looking for...a cheap duffle bag suitcase that we can check through at the airport on our return flight, since we have a few more things than we started with on this trip.
Next we went to Idar Oberstein and looked around and found a recommended restaurant that serves the local dish of spiesbraten (a marinated pork that is grilled over a wood fire). So we plugged in the address into the GPS and it took us outside the city limits of Idar (thankfully away from the traffic!) and we found ourselves at a small grass strip airport on top of a hill with a restaurant.
We ordered 1 dinner of spiesbraten to split and much to our amusement, the man that was the head chef, also doubled as the air controller of the airport. So he got our pork on the open flamed grill. Notice the wood to the side stacked. That's what he stoked the fire with...you can see the wood under the round grill that has our dinner on it. The grill is suspended from the chimney.
Here he is at the grill. He has just picked up a large walkie-talkie looking thing, which was a hand held com radio.
Here he's still in front of the fire, cooking our food, and now talking to a pilot that is approaching the airport asking permission to land. You can hear both him and the pilot talking through the radio device. The landing strip was just outside the window and door where we sat at the restaurant.
So at this point the chef/ air traffic controller went outside, looked around in the sky to make sure it was clear, and gave the pilot the go ahead to land. Then he came back in and turned our pork over on the grill!
The guy was cooking our food and clearing airplanes to land all at the same time! Now THAT'S multi-tasking! During the time that we were eating dinner, we saw 6 planes either take off or land, among them, a small plane that took off towing a glider plane. And each time the chef would go out to visually inspect the area. I don't know how he keeps track of the meat being done & getting the planes landed, but he did. By the way, dinner was delicious...and done perfectly!
I wish I could download the video I have of the food cooking with the roar of an airplane taking off in the background (the door to the runway was open the entire time). The video is short, but amazing!
We continued on down the road. It was starting to get dark. Luckily we found a little gasthaus in....wait a minute...I don't know where the heck we are! Anyway, I went into the gasthaus/restaurant and asked the bartender/owner if he had a zimmer frei and he said yes and told me the price was 70 euro, including breakfast. I said "gut" and he gave me a key to room #22 & that was it. He didn't ask my name, didn't take a credit card. We just show up for breakfast in the morning and pay after we eat!
Here's a photo of the last gasthaus we will stay in on this trip:
So after we got here, we polished off one of the bottles of Schatzle wine. I had another sip of the teufel liquor and whew!...that's it for me. I'm leaving the rest for the house maid!
Oh, by the way, the bed here is a feather bed...both the comfortor and the pillows...very comfy and light!
Location:heading north to Idar Oberstein
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